{"id":26117136,"date":"2026-08-21T15:01:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T12:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/campaign\/intercultural-mediation-in-healthcare-region-of-attica\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T15:05:31","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T13:05:31","slug":"intercultural-mediation-in-healthcare-region-of-attica","status":"publish","type":"campaign","link":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/campaign\/intercultural-mediation-in-healthcare-region-of-attica\/","title":{"rendered":"Intercultural Mediation in Healthcare | Region of Attica"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26116914\" src=\"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/logos_attica-1.webp\" alt=\"Metadrasi -\" width=\"1252\" height=\"99\" title=\"Metadrasi -\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/logos_attica-1.webp 1252w, https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/logos_attica-1-980x77.webp 980w, https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/logos_attica-1-480x38.webp 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1252px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For the past 15 years, METAdrasi has been addressing interpretation needs in hospitals and healthcare institutions throughout Greece through specially trained and certified interpreters and intercultural mediators.<\/p>\n<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Building on this experience, METAdrasi has been providing intercultural mediation services in healthcare facilities across the Region of Attica since June 2026, as part of a three-year project entitled \u201cProvision of Intercultural Mediation Services in Healthcare Services in the Region of Attica\u201d. The project is implemented under the \u201cAttica\u201d Programme 2021\u20132027 and co-funded by the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">The project aims to remove language and cultural barriers and facilitate communication between doctors, nursing staff and administrative personnel and migrants, refugees and asylum seekers. In doing so, it helps ensure equitable access to healthcare services and improve the quality of care provided.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Intercultural mediation services, whether remote and\/or in person, are provided in the following healthcare facilities, which serve a large number of migrants and refugees:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 \u201cP. &amp; A. Kyriakou\u201d Children\u2019s Hospital, Athens<br \/>\n\u2022 \u201cElena Venizelou\u201d General Maternity Hospital<br \/>\n\u2022 \u201cAlexandra\u201d General Hospital, Athens<br \/>\n\u2022 \u201cAttikon\u201d University General Hospital<br \/>\n\u2022 \u201cLaiko\u201d General Hospital<br \/>\n\u2022 The Polyclinic of \u201cEvangelismos\u201d General Hospital, Athens<br \/>\n\u2022 Agia Sofia Health Centre<\/p>\n<p>The project also covers other healthcare facilities in the Region of Attica.<\/p>\n<p>Services are primarily available in <strong>Arabic, Farsi, Dari, Georgian, Russian, Urdu, Pashto, French, Sorani, Kurmanji and Somali<\/strong>, with <strong>additional languages<\/strong>supported as needed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Target group<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The action is addressed to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>beneficiaries of international protection,<\/li>\n<li>applicants for international protection,<\/li>\n<li>unaccompanied children<\/li>\n<li>and, more generally, third-country nationals lawfully residing within the geographical boundaries of the intervention area who access the healthcare facilities where the action is implemented.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-26116912\" src=\"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/METAdrasi_interpretation_Attica-1.webp\" alt=\"Metadrasi -\" width=\"527\" height=\"594\" title=\"Metadrasi -\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/METAdrasi_interpretation_Attica-1.webp 527w, https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/METAdrasi_interpretation_Attica-1-480x541.webp 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 527px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":26116913,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","iawp_total_views":2},"campaign-category":[1372],"class_list":["post-26117136","campaign","type-campaign","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","campaign-category-interpretation"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/campaign\/26117136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/campaign"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/campaign"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26116913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26117136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"campaign-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/campaign-category?post=26117136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}